It's not so much that people are trying to be geek assholes, it's just quite
irritating to be asked the same question when there is 1) a FAQ and 2)
mailing archives that everyone is asked to read instead of wasting
everyone's time answering the same question again and again.
If someone was slapping you every five minutes, you'd get annoyed. If
someone asked you how much something cost when there was an enormous sign
behind them answering their question, you'd get annoyed. Got that one from
Clerks =)
I've yet to see any responses here that are blatantly rude so not sure what
level of rudeness you saw, but I do apologize in their stead.
On 2/12/08, McGraw, Robert P <user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I recently ask this question and got a slap down from some people. I just
ignored the response and wrote it off to %$*)*&&.
I then saw the following on the wiki FAQ.
Q. When is the next version going to be released?
A. When it's ready, and not before. Now stop asking. It wastes
Henrik's time answering this question. If he didn't have to
constantly answer this question, the next version would be here
sooner.
I would like to say cut the shit and answer like civilized human beings
and
not geek assholes we are so commonly stereo typed as.
To some the question might seem to be just another nagging email, but to
me
it was asked so that I could make some plans in my hobbit upgrade.
Thanks
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